The Frequency of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase Gene Polymorphism in Egypt

Table 2

Frequency of coagulase genotypes in the MRSA isolates.

Type	PCR products (bps)	Number	Pattern	RFLP fragments	Frequency
C1	130	3	A1	80	5.5
C2	240 and 160	4	A2	240, 110	7.4
C3	650 and 240	3	A2	240 and 110	5.5
C4	240 and 110	1	—	No	1.8
C5	320, 240, and 110	7	A3	240, 160, 110, and 80	12.9
C6	650, 240, and 80	2	A3	24, 160, 110, and 80	3.7
C7	240, 160, and 80	3	A3	240, 160, 110, and 80	5.5
C8	650, 400, 240, and 80	5	A4	400, 320, 240, 110, 80, and 60	9.3
C9	650, 200, 160, and 80	5	A5	400, 240, 160, 130, 110, 80, and 60	1.8
C10	650, 240, 160, and 80	5	A6	240, 160, 110, 80, and 60	16.6
C11	650, 320, 240, 180, and 110	2	A6	240, 160, 110, 80, and 60	3.7
C12	650, 400, 240, 160, and 80	5	A7	320, 280, 240, 160, 110, 80, and 60	9.3
C13	810, 320, 240, 110, and 80	2	A8	320, 240, 160, 110, and 80	3.7
C14	650, 400, 320, 240, 200, 160, 110, and 80	3	A9	400, 320, 240, 160, 120, 80, and 60	1.8
C15	650, 480, 400, 320, 240, 180, 160, and 80	4	A10	480, 280, 240, 160, 110, and 80	11.1